| Rakiroa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Suborder: | Senticaudata |
| Infraorder: | Corophiida |
| Parvorder: | Caprellidira |
| Superfamily: | Rakirooidea Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
| Family: | Rakiroidae Myers & Lowry, 2003 |
| Genus: | Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982 |
| Species: | R. rima
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| Binomial name | |
| Rakiroa rima Lowry & Fenwick, 1982
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Rakiroa is a monotypic genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Rakiroidae. The only species is Rakiroa rima.1 Both genus and species were first described in 1982 by James K. Lowry and Graham David Fenwick.2
The species is found in New Zealand.1
References
References
- "Rakiroa Lowry & Fenwick, 1982". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- J.K. Lowry; G.D. Fenwick (February 1982). "Rakiroa, a new amphipod genus from The Snares, New Zealand (Gammaridea, Corophiidae)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1080/00222938200770091. ISSN 0022-2933. Wikidata Q100722381.